Posts tagged with burnout
Many programmers believe they are tired of programming, but they may actually be frustrated with bureaucracy, lack of product vision, and lack of ownership. Burnout can skew perspectives, and it may be more beneficial to address these issues rather than abandoning programming entirely.
Read more [shubhamjain.co]
Lisi Hocke on the challenges she faced the past few months during the pandemic. At the end of the post, she gives a few list of recommendations you can try to prevent a burn out.
Read more [www.lisihocke.com]
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Zander Nethercutt provides some great insights in the mechanisms in play that can lead to burnout.
When we see long weekends and think “work before play,” when we see Friday nights and think “sleep before clubs,” when we see escalators as accelerators and not opportunities to “just take a second,” we’re nothing more than hyperrational prisoners making a decision that would be inaccurately characterized as a dilemma because the answer is obvious.
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Last week I stumbled upon this article titled "GitLabbers share how to recognize burnout". It list these points to recognize burnout: You're constantly tired You no longer enjoy things Your job performance suffers Your relationships are strained (You have a hard time remembering…
In the beginning of the year people tend to compile lists with everything they want to achieve in the next 365 days. But sometimes, instead of wanting to learn or start something new, it's also good to leave an old thing behind.
A little over 2 years ago I started a weekly newsletter for Linux & open source users, called cron.weekly. Today, I'm sending the last issue in what is probably going to be a pretty long time. I need a break.
Here's why.
tl;dr: I've got a wife, 2 kids, a (more than) full time job, 2 other side projects and a Netflix subscription. For now, cron.weekly doesn't fit in that list anymore.
https://ma.ttias.be/im-taking-break-cron-weekly/
There's really no shame in calling it quits on some things to make place for fresh activities. The last couple of months I've seen some people close to me stop doing things they were once passionate about, but didn't fully enjoy anymore. And in each case it turned out for the better.
Without any doubt Tim Wood, the creator of the awesome moment.js library, has done a lot for the community. It's really a shame that the constant pressure of maintaining the library has taken it's toll.
The correlation between Open Source and burnout is no secret, and I am not immune to it. ... Seeing bugs and issues continue to roll in and being mentally unable to address them has led to feelings of failure and depression. When looking at the moment project, I could only see the negatives. The bugs and misnomers and mistakes I had made. It let to a cycle of being too depressed to contribute, which led to being depressed because I wasn’t contributing.
Adrian Kosmaczewski shares lessons learned on what truely are the important things in your career as a developer. Even if you're not even close to approaching 40 years of life on the planet you should read this.
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/being-a-developer-after-40-3c5dd112210c#.11l62gnmgI have often pondered about leaving the profession altogether. But somehow, code always calls me back after a while. I like to write apps, systems, software. To avoid burning out, I have had to develop strategies.
In this talk I will give you my secrets, so that you too can reach the glorious age of 40 as an experienced developer, willing to continue in this profession.
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As long as your heart tells you to keep on coding and building new things, you will be young, forever.